Vietnamese horror movie to get American remakeVietNamNet Bridge – Oscar-winning screenwriter Geoffrey Fletcher will write the screenplay for the American remake of the Vietnamese horror flick, The Housemaid. Oscar-winning screenwriter Geoffrey Fletcher will write the screenplay for the American remake of The Housemaid. — Photo wsj.comThe movie, by the Vietnamese-American director Derek Nguyen, is set in 1953 during the First Indochinese War. “The opportunity to reimagine this compelling story in the context of American history is incredibly exciting,” Fletcher told the entertainment news website, deadline.com. It won the Silver Lotus award in the Best Movie category of the 20th Viet Nam Film Festival in 2017.